Brush container



Dec. 23, 1952 F. LIEBERMAN BRUSH CONTAINER Filed Jan. 5, 1949 IN VENTOR.

. Flfmvx LIEBEIPMA N @ffhw) ATTQRNEY.

3 within element It in the manner shown in Figures 3, 6 and 7.

Each of said elements include the inwardly inclined surfaces 22 at theirlower ends as well as the upright substantially parallel surfaces 23,which terminate in the top walls 24.

Substantially semi-circular recesses 25 are formed in said top walls 24at central portions thereof to provide a substantially circular or e1-liptical opening to cooperatively receive a portion 39 of paint brushhandle 38.

Referring to Figure 6 is appears that the outer edges 26 of pocketelement l8 corresponding to the inclined surfaces 22 slidably overlapthe corresponding outer edges and side wall portion IQ of the pocketelement l9, providing an effective closure for the lower portion of thebrush supporting pocket 11.

However, it is apparent from the drawing that only the lower side wallportions of said wall elements overlap each other when closed inasmuchas the upper portions of said sidewalls terminate in the registeringoutwardly projecting flanges 21 as shown in Figure 6. Similarly theedges of the top wall portions 24, with the exception of the portionbounding the recesses 25, terminate in the registering upwardlyextending fianges 28 Figure 8.

Consequently it is clear that the registering engaging flanges 22 and 23limit the closing movement of pocket elements i8 and H], but are soaligned with each other as to provide a complete enclosure for the paintbrush to be positioned and supported therein.

Resilient clips 29 project inwardly from opposite ends of the opposedpocket elements l8 and 19, said clips forming a part of the uprightflanges 28 and extending therefrom to retainingly and resiliently engagethe corresponding opposite top edge of the adjacent flange 28.

'As elements It and 19 are identical in shape, it is apparent that thesaid elements are constructed with only one clip 29, so that when saidelements are arranged in opposing relation, clip 29 of element I8retainingly engages upright flange 28 of element i9. Similarly the clip29 of element i9 retainingly engages the corresponding portion of flange28 of the opposed pocket element l8. Thus effective means are providedfor normally retaining pocket elements [8 and [9 in the closed positionshown in Figures 6, 7 and 8, said clips being sufficiently resilient asto permit easy opening of said elements around their pivotal points 20.

A bifurcated brush handle engaging clip 30 is positioned within theupper portion of the pocket I! being secured centrally to the upperportion of pocket element l9 as by the rivet 3|. Clip 30 is sufficientlyresilient as to cooperatively'and retainingly receive the shank 39 ofbrush handle 38 so as to effectively support brush 4!] and its bristles4| within said pocket when the pocket elements areclosed as in Figure 6.

It is particularly important in the present construction that theresilient clip 30 be so constructed'and so arranged as to take theweight of the brush, which is often times considerable, so that theweight of said brush is not supported by the bristles 4 I.

The average fine horsehair brush is expensive and the bristles aredelicate and may be easily damaged, particularly if the weight of thebrush is supported upon the bristle tips. Consequently the principalobject of the invention is satisfied by the pocket construction whichcompletelyen- 4 closes the brush but which provides the clip forsupporting the same therein so that said brush is suspended.

The other pocket element [8 has a punched out portion 32 which is soformed as shown in Figures 6, '7 and 8 as to project from said elementin parallel spaced relation and which extends downwardly.

Consequently when the pocket member I! is closed, the same may beeffectively supported within container H Figure 1 by projecting thepocket support 32 over the top peripheral edge of the container asindicated.

On the other hand the punched out support 32 may provide a means ofsuspending the pocket I! in many different ways such as upon the wirecage [5 shown in Figures 2 and 4, or on the other hand said support maybe positioned over any horizontally extending wire if desired.

As shown in Figure '7 the support 32 is formed from the pocket elementl8 to leave the rectangularly shaped opening 33 out from which it wascut and formed.

As'viewed in Figure 6 the top edges of pocket elements 18 and [9 arerounded as at points 34, and similarly the edges 35 and 3! are roundedto facilitate handling of the pocket. Referring to Figure 5 theconnecting flanges 2'7 and 28 are similarly rounded at points 36 toconform to the shape of the pocket.

Now referring to Figure 4 the wire cage which is positionable within thebrush cleaning fluid in container I3, includes the four upright legs 42and the oppositely arranged inclined portions 43 which cooperate withsaid legs to form a support for the cage [5 either within container E3or when said cage is removed therefrom and rested upon any othersurface.

As shown in Figure a said cage also includes the upper and lower hollowrectangular wire frame elements 44 as well as the parallel spacedinterconnecting cross braces 45 and 48, and including the transversecompartment forming cross pieces 41 and 48 which interconnect at theirends spaced portions of parallel elements 45 and 46. By the constructionshown in Figure 4 there is provided the 8 brush supporting pocketcompartments l9,v

50,.5I, 52, 53, 54, and 56, within which the brush pockets [1 may bepositioned in the manner illustrated in Figure 2.

In each case the pocket supports 32 project over the adjacent Wireportion of the wire cage as indicated in Figure 2 so that the respectivepockets are retained within the various compartments, all in the mannerillustrated, particularly in Figs. 2 and 4.

Having described my invention, reference should now be had to the claimwhich follows for determining the scope thereof.

Iclaim:

A paint brush supporting pocket member comprising a pair of hollowoppositely arranged similarly shaped pocket elements pivotally joinedtogether at their lower ends, the lower portions of said elementsconverging inwardly with the side walls thereof corresponding to saidconverging portions being arranged in overlapping engaging relation,each of said pocket elements having registering out-turned flangesprojecting from the edges of said side walls above said convergingportions, the respective top walls also having registering out-turnedflanges projecting from the edges thereof, there being registeringrecesses formed in said top walls to receive a brush handle, abifurcated brush handle supporting and securing clip joined to andprojecting inwardly from the interior of one of said pocket elementsretainingly engageable with the brush handle and oppositely extendingresilient clips projecting inwardly from opposite ends of each of saidtop wall flanges to retainingly engage the adjacent top Wall flange ofthe other wall,

FRANK LIEBERMAN,

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

Number Number 6 UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Throckmorton Sept. 11,1917 Hopkins July 10, 1923 Olsen Mar. 29, 1932 Kamm Aug. 2, 1932 LehrMar. 20, 1934 Ehrhardt June 19, 1934 Behrens Jan. 9, 1940 Lieberman May8, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Aug. 10, 1939

